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Insurance/assurance??

Posted by ESC on August 31, 2000

In Reply to: Insurance/assurance?? posted by James Briggs on August 31, 2000

: : I need help (please) ASAP with an article I'm writing. Do the British still use the word "assurance" to refer to what we in the U.S. call "insurance." According to Stuart Berg Flexner (writing in 1976): "The word insurance dates back to 1649 in America (the British prefer the term assurance)." I need to know if this is still the case.

: Occasionally. Mostly "assurance" is used in the Shakespearean sense of "to make assurance doubly sure" (Macbeth). Some old Insurance companies still retain "Assurance" in their title but, for everyday use "insurance" is used by the vast majority of people exept as above - to assure someone.
: Hope this helps.

Thank you!! That helps me a great deal.

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